[OOC] Left Behind: Mulberry Street

[Vertigo]

Would something like this fly? Bear with me, trying something new out here with the genre and the use of IRL face claims/pics and all!

just a dude and his dog

B O R G E R S E N
B O R G E R S E N

"Sometimes, your closest family's got four legs."

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The Borgersen family hasn't been in town for long, and the reputation they've built isn't entirely positive so far. Not quite used to the culture of greeting and talking to your neighbours, the silent, reclusive Artair and his potential shewolf can come across as cold, distant and even suspicious to some of the members of the community — especially when patrolling the streets in the early hours of the morning or late at night, wordless and armed. As for where the Borgersens came from and what Alistair does for a living, there are only guesses and rumours circulating about, some less complimentary than the others. He can be seen outside on his porch at odd hours of the day though, and he never seems to leave his house long enough to go to a workplace; rather, whenever he leaves, it's most often with a thermos, a backbag and the dog in tow.

_{[ ❇ ] F A M I L Y M E M B E R S}

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B O R G E R S E N, A R T A I R || P A T R I A R C H B O R G E R S E N, A R T A I R || P A T R I A R C H _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A loner at heart, Artair prefers the company of his dog to most people, and isn't very often seen interacting with others in the neighborhood. That doesn't mean, however, that he dislikes people. On the contrary, it's just that he's perfectly content watching the people around him live their lives happily, separate from his own. He feels he doesn't really know how to interact with them in a way would contribute to their lives, anyway. Instead, he prefers to show that he cares through actions. That is, he and Taiga patrol around the neighbourhood quite often, keeping an eye out for zombies and opportunistic outsiders alike. Ever vigilant, yet ever quite-suspicious-looking to the local folk. If it weren't for the copious amount of smoking he does and the nightmares that sometimes keep him from getting any proper shut eye, his lifestyle could be described as pretty healthy. After all, regardless of how little he slept, he can be found on a jog with Taiga every single morning before the sun rises, without exception. ▅

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T A I G A || C O M P A N I O N T A I G A || C O M P A N I O N _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A rescue mutt who Artair claims rescued him, not vice-versa. She quite literally walked into Artair's life as a young pup, and hasn't left his side since. Due to her appearance, she gets mistaken for a wolf quite often (even Artair made the mistake at first, and to this day cannot say for sure whether she has some wolfdog in her), which makes many people mistrust her and give her a wide berth. At an estimated six years old, her crazy puppy days are long past. Confident and calm, she's an observer much like her owner, hardly phased by noise or the various small critters that pass through the neighbourhood. Her alarm bark is loud, but used sparingly. She does howl quite often, though, which doesn't exactly help with the wolf allegations. She's not too keen on most people, preferring to leave them alone and be left alone in turn, but there are a select few she likes allows to touch her, chosen by criteria even Artair isn't privy to.▅ ▅

[Carlyle]

Would something like this fly? Bear with me, trying something new out here with the genre and the use of IRL face claims/pics and all!

just a dude and his dog

B O R G E R S E N
B O R G E R S E N

"Sometimes, your closest family's got four legs."

_{[ ❇ ] B R I E F F A M I L Y H I S T O R Y}

The Borgersen family hasn't been in town for long, and the reputation they've built isn't entirely positive so far. Not quite used to the culture of greeting and talking to your neighbours, the silent, reclusive Artair and his potential shewolf can come across as cold, distant and even suspicious to some of the members of the community — especially when patrolling the streets in the early hours of the morning or late at night, wordless and armed. As for where the Borgersens came from and what Alistair does for a living, there are only guesses and rumours circulating about, some less complimentary than the others. He can be seen outside on his porch at odd hours of the day though, and he never seems to leave his house long enough to go to a workplace; rather, whenever he leaves, it's most often with a thermos, a backbag and the dog in tow.

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B O R G E R S E N, A R T A I R || P A T R I A R C H B O R G E R S E N, A R T A I R || P A T R I A R C H _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A loner at heart, Artair prefers the company of his dog to most people, and isn't very often seen interacting with others in the neighborhood. That doesn't mean, however, that he dislikes people. On the contrary, it's just that he's perfectly content watching the people around him live their lives happily, separate from his own. He feels he doesn't really know how to interact with them in a way would contribute to their lives, anyway. Instead, he prefers to show that he cares through actions. That is, he and Taiga patrol around the neighbourhood quite often, keeping an eye out for zombies and opportunistic outsiders alike. Ever vigilant, yet ever quite-suspicious-looking to the local folk. If it weren't for the copious amount of smoking he does and the nightmares that sometimes keep him from getting any proper shut eye, his lifestyle could be described as pretty healthy. After all, regardless of how little he slept, he can be found on a jog with Taiga every single morning before the sun rises, without exception. ▅

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T A I G A || C O M P A N I O N T A I G A || C O M P A N I O N _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A rescue mutt who Artair claims rescued him, not vice-versa. She quite literally walked into Artair's life as a young pup, and hasn't left his side since. Due to her appearance, she gets mistaken for a wolf quite often (even Artair made the mistake at first, and to this day cannot say for sure whether she has some wolfdog in her), which makes many people mistrust her and give her a wide berth. At an estimated six years old, her crazy puppy days are long past. Confident and calm, she's an observer much like her owner, hardly phased by noise or the various small critters that pass through the neighbourhood. Her alarm bark is loud, but used sparingly. She does howl quite often, though, which doesn't exactly help with the wolf allegations. She's not too keen on most people, preferring to leave them alone and be left alone in turn, but there are a select few she likes allows to touch her, chosen by criteria even Artair isn't privy to.▅ ▅

@Vertigo

Waiting for Micki to get back to me in DMs about the CS.

[Carlyle]

@Vertigo Just got with Micki. We're both in agreement that we would need more character information as GMs (like what do they do for a living). You can DM us if you'd like to keep the mysterious side of him in play, but we do need information as a sort of "safeguard" in case there are any hiccups down the road.

[Vertigo]

Sure thing, I can DM you two some more info at some point today before I board the plane.

[Morgannis]

Do you guys have a code for the ic posts? They look really nice!

[Carlyle]

Do you guys have a code for the ic posts? They look really nice!

@Morgannis

You can just copy one of the posts for the coding and edit out the details/original post. The post code is way less complicated compared to the CS.

Edit: if you don't know how to copy post code (since you're relatively new), click the raw button in the corner of the post

[Morgannis]

Oh awesome, thank you so much! Also, did you want us to post our characters in the character tab?

[Carlyle]

Oh awesome, thank you so much! Also, did you want us to post our characters in the character tab?

@Morgannis

Well, you were accepted, duh.

If you have any questions, though, I'll be off and on today due to work. I get out earlier than typically today so if I don't get to it expect s reply then.

[Morgannis]

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Well, you were accepted, duh.

If you have any questions, though, I'll be off and on today due to work. I get out earlier than typically today so if I don't get to it expect s reply then.

@Kuro

Haha, thank you for answering all of my questions! I don't think I have anymore. I went ahead and updated my characters to have ages present, and I might go through and spruce up bits about them more, if I have time later.

I'm hoping to get my reply in sometime today, but I work in a few hours so if not today, than tomorrow for sure.

That being said, if anyone wants to set up relations of some sort with my characters, I'm totally down! They're still pretty new to town, but Cynthia for sure would have friends (although she seems to be one of the oldest people in the rp right now), but Patrick can also have some friends from when he lived there growing up.

[Carlyle]

I'd have to look more at Patrick to think of some ideas, but a lot of the cast are HS-aged teenagers like last time. I'm sure some relations can be made aside from what Micki and I have established for Lee and Holly prior to the reboot.

[Force and Fury]

Oh no! I derped and posted mine in the Char tab to start with. I assumed I was accepted because you'd accepted them in the first iteration of this. I can make any changes you'd like if this iteration of the story requires them. Sorry about that!

[Gunther]

I've been a bit under the weather lately, missed the premiere. I read your introductory posts. I am pleased to see the quality of your submissions. I hope to post mine tonight.

I expect teenaged children who live in the same neighborhood and attend the same school have some familiarity with one another, if not haveing been friends for their entire lives.

[Carlyle]

@Force and Fury I'll get with micki today and see what she says.

I've been a bit under the weather lately, missed the premiere. I read your introductory posts. I am pleased to see the quality of your submissions. I hope to post mine tonight.

I expect teenaged children who live in the same neighborhood and attend the same school have some familiarity with one another, if not haveing been friends for their entire lives.

@Gunther

It's all good. I'll be around at weird times myself; most of our management team is swapping to overnights for stuff and since I'm so willing to work extra or change my schedule around they singled me out and asked if I wanted to swap with all the other management lol

I don't mind it though. We're falling behind on things and I've got stuff that needs done (like reset the furniture so I'm no longer drowning in new no location furniture pieces because our corporate overlords wanted to bring new product in).

Also, as for the teens, just let me know if you think of anything. Lee and Holly have been preestablished from the prior RP to have been childhood friends from the beginning, their families being all buddy buddy neighbors and stuff.

[Gunther]

Also, as for the teens, just let me know if you think of anything. Lee and Holly have been preestablished from the prior RP to have been childhood friends from the beginning, their families being all buddy-buddy neighbors and stuff.

@Kuro

I added the Gauthier family to the character tab. I also included the family tree in a hider at the bottom. It dates back to Jake's great grandfather who came down from Canada in 1905 when he was just 13 years old. His wife's family came down in 1910 and the met around the time of WWI.

Jake has a lot of family in the Southern New Hampshire/Eastern Massachusetts area. Some of them may be alive and may possibly find their way to Huddeen at some point in time. I assume cell phones are still working as the electricity is still functioning.

I am beginning to work on a post now (1930 EST). If I come up with some connections with the teens I'll post them here in the OOC tab.

[Carlyle]

His Aunts Claire and Barbara have lost contact with the family. Jacob does not know what happened to these women.

Barbara, b. 12-10-1927 in Concord, NH dec. 12-10-1927

Well, I sure hope Barbara lost contact with the family considering she died the day she was born.



And yes, cell phones are still working. It was a pivotal point in the first couple posts in the prior RP to organize a meeting, but we didn't get much further than that unfortunately. I do plan for the power and all that to stop soon, however. Figuring out the specifics is a pain in my ass so I've always just handwaved it to about a month into the apocalypse, if not earlier, where everything starts to shut off from people not maintaining it. Tends to be an answer most people suggest when I attempt to look anything up about utilities in an apocalypse, at least.

[Gunther]

I forgot I did that. Barbara is my mom's name and my wife and I had a daughter who died the day she was born too. Doh!

EDIT: I modified the post to show that Aunt Claire is the one no one knows what happened to.

[Gunther]

@KuroHow old is Holly Holloway? You never wrote the Paragraph or two for characterization for her.

@mickilennialcould it be possible for Lee Graves and Jennifer Gauthier to be friends? They are two years apart. Jenn, 16 is a Junior in High School. Her older brother Jake is 17.

@MorgannisHow about Emily Bailey, 15 and Jenn Gauthier, 16. They are close in age and grew up in the same neighborhood?

Luca Bailey, 12 and Kyle Gauthier, 14 May have hung around one another at times.

@Force and FuryJason Sparling, 18 may be in the same grade with Jacob Gauthier, 17 at the High School. Jake is more into running sports like Cross Country and Track, but in these small rural schools everyone knows everyone especially if they grew up on the same street.

[Carlyle]

@Gunther

Forgive my laziness as GM since I still haven't filled it out from the prior RP.

But she is the same age as Lee, so 18.

[Theyra]

I will get a post out this week.

[Morgannis]

@MorgannisHow about Emily Bailey, 15 and Jenn Gauthier, 16. They are close in age and grew up in the same neighborhood?

Luca Bailey, 12 and Kyle Gauthier, 14 May have hung around one another at times.

@Gunther

That all sounds great! I think Kyle and Luca would get along really well too, thinking Kyle could have introduced him to Star Wars and Star Trek. Emily and Jenn seem to have matching personalities by what you wrote about Jenn, too, although Emily probably doesn't try as hard with school.